Fajarasia.co – PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) has served 3,423,836 passengers at 15 airports under its management throughout April 2022.
“This is, of course, the impact of people’s self-confidence which is getting better, after the past two years people’s travel via air transportation can be said to be very limited due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Angkasa Pura (AP) President Director I Faik Fahmi in a statement. his statement in Jakarta, Saturday.
AP I, he continued, also served 35,256 aircraft movements and 39,891,736 kg of cargo movements in April.
If compared to April 2021 where the number of passenger movements was 2,682,433 people, 38,886 aircraft movements, and 37,022,838 kg of cargo, then there was a growth of 28 percent for passenger movements, 8 percent for cargo movements, and a 9 percent decrease in aircraft movements.
“The number of passengers that continues to experience growth is also due to factors that make the implementation of air travel regulations easier. We are optimistic that with the enactment of the new requirements, flight traffic will increase in Indonesia,” he said.
He explained that Juanda Airport Surabaya served the most passengers during April 2022, namely 745,799 passengers, with details of 710,475 passengers on domestic routes and 35,324 passengers on international routes.
The second highest is Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Makassar with 725,747 passengers, and the third is I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, serving 583,814 passengers.
For aircraft movements, Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin Airport is the largest with 6,377 movements, the second Juanda Airport Surabaya with 5,850 aircraft movements, the third I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Bali with 4,535 movements.
Meanwhile, Sentani Jayapura Airport served the most cargo with 9,698,849 kg, the second Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar with 7,508,124 kg of cargo, and the third Juanda Airport in Surabaya with 6,755,253 kg of cargo consisting of 5,538,224 kg of domestic cargo and 1,217. 029 kg of international cargo traffic.****
